and welcome to the vlog.

You know it's gonna be a great vlog

when I have a rabbit in my hand,

I've got Lucy ready to go.

Yeah, that's right, we're gonna feed some giant snakes,

and we're gonna feed the rest of the Reptarium as well.

She is ready to go.

Woo! (screams)

That's an adrenaline rush.

That's the way I like to start my day for sure.

I'll tell you what, you never wanna get a food bite

when it comes to an animal like that.

I'll talk more about that in the vlog.

But, again, we're gonna feed our giant snakes.

We have rabbits, we have rats, we have mice.

We're gonna be feeding the entire Reptarium,

it's gonna be a great day.

For those of you that like feeding snakes,

I think you're gonna like this vlog.

Next stop is Ivy, the green anaconda.

She is way up top again.

Not in exactly the best position,

meaning that I have just go right in the cage

and hopefully she is gonna be ready to take it.

Come on, girl!

Oh my gosh, what the heck.

Seriously, this-

Oh my gosh.

Ow!

Okay.

Here you go, Ivy, here you go, girl.

Oh, (laughs)

I kinda figured that was gonna be the case,

that she was gonna jump out at, like that.

She was just so tucked back there,

if I went in with my arm, I knew I was within

striking range and there was nothing I could do.

So I gave her the little butterscotch,

and she took that rabbit like a champ.

Next up is my girl Perdita.

Hey, girl!

And she is definitely lookin' like she is ready to go.

Here you go, baby, want a little food?

Aw, there you go sweetheart.

She is such a gentle soul, I tell you what.

And really there's a couple types of bites, right?

I've talked about this in the past,

and the fact that there's, like the defensive bite

that is, "Get away, I'm afraid,"

They're just trying to get away,

and then there's the food bite.

The food bite is always a mistake

on the keeper's part, right?

It means that somehow I got in the way of them,

thinking that my hand was food.

Maybe they missed the rabbit, missed the rat, whatever,

continued to lunge and grab at you.

That is definitely the worst bite because

they're grabbing, they're constricting,

they're not letting go.

Whereas, defensive bites are typically bam! Bam!

And they're done, right?

Now, again, it's always our fault when we get food bit.

And even then, you know, it's not the end of the world.

I've been food bitten tons of times,

even by really large snakes, and I've

never even been to the hospital.

That's not to mean you can't be,

but I'll talk more about that as we get feeding.

(techno music playing)

Hey guys, check this out this is actually really cool.

Nova and Lilith, of course, down here,

she's always kinda up in the branch way up top,

and he's been kinda courting for the last little bit.

As I walked by I saw him bobbing his head,

and she's down here which is really good,

because, remember, she's laid two clutches,

but it didn't look like she was gonna lay a third.

She's starting to swell up a little bit,

I think she might actually lay a third clutch.

And the fact that they're down together,

he's bobbing, he's courting, probably gonna mate,

that is pretty exciting.

We've got seven more eggs that still look good,

that should be hatching in the next, I don't know,

week and a half, two weeks tops?

The four little babies are doing amazing,

getting another clutch?

That would be pretty awesome.

Next up is the Dominican Red Mountain boa.

Mr.Nubbins here, he is such a cutie.

Come on, little buddy!

There you go.

Aw, that is so awesome.

I love these guys, they're so cool.

They're just a weird kind of boa, you know,

they're long, they're slender, they're cool.

I'm happy that we have one here at the Reptarium,

and he is a beauty.

It's great that Nightfury has graduated-whoo!

It's great that Nightfury has graduated up to rabbits.

He's really putting on some size now.

Here you go, bud.

Oh, wow he's being weird tod-

Oh!-There he goes, he grabbed it now.

He was being a little weird, it's like,

"I don't know if I want that."

Again, sometimmes when you switch them from

rats to rabbits, they can be a little apprehensive.

So, uh, the more I feed them rabbits,

the more he's gonna be going with it, so,

uh, definitely a nice meal for my buddy Nightfury.

Daisy is definitely ready to eat,

there is no doubt about it.

And, again, what I always say is that

the way you really avoid injury when

you're getting bit is to not pull away, right?

That's why I've never been to the hospital

from a bite, because whether it's a food bite

or it's a defensive bite, I always go with the bite,

and that's kinda how you stay away from rippage, right?

Because that's how you can really get hurt.

But let's go ahead and get Daisy a little meal here,

because she is ready to go.

Here you go, baby!

Here you go.

Oh my gosh.

Whoa!

That was aggressive for her, she normally doesn't

take food that aggressively, so, it's good to see her

turned on like that, but hoo doggy, girl!

She was really ready to eat today.

Next up is Casper!

I can't see Casper's head,

so I have no idea where he actually is.

I have to be a little careful with this one.

Casper! Where you at, buddy?

Where you at, bud?

Where you at?

I don't know where he's at.

Where you at?

Come on, Casper.

Here he is.

Whoa!

Come on, Casper.

Come on, buddy.

Huh.

This is unusual, Casper doesn't ever refuse food.

Come on, buddy, wanna try?

Tell you what, I don't think Casper's gonna eat.

Look it, he's just cruisin' up

like crazy trying to get away,

so, I'll go ahead, skip Casper.

That's kinda how it goes.

Over here at the Reptarium, I'll be honest with you,

snakes almost always eat, but every now and then

they go off, so what can you do?

I'll just leave Casper alone for the night,

and let him cruise around by himself.

Sorry, bud!

(techno music playing)

And I realize that not pulling away from

something kinda striking at you

is totally counterintuitive, right?

Because our reaction is to jerk away as soon as

we're gonna get bit, like we can avoid the bite.

But trust me, it's way better not to.

And speaking about an animal I don't wanna get bit by

Butterscotch is one of 'em.

So let's go see if she wants to eat.

She's usually very acrobatic.

Uh-oh, uh-oh.

here she comes.

Here she comes.

Oh my gosh, come on, girl.

Whoa!

Here you go.

Oh! She is right there.

I love it how she just grabs it out of the air.

And that's kinda-it reminds you of

what they might do in the wild, right?

Something's gonna be coming by and they're just gonna

lunge at and then grab it like that.

What an awesome animal, I tell you.

But as long as I toss it, I'm not in the way,

she can't strike at me as long as I'm tossing the rabbit.

But, I'll go ahead and get her back up in here,

and let her eat in peace.

Sunrise definitely is turned on since

we moved her into this really large enclosure.

She's even more interested in food these days.

So, I'm gonna go ahead and see if I can't just

open this up without getting bitten.

Whoo!

Here you go girl, here you go, baby.

Ah, there it is!

She's always a really good feeder,

there's no doubt about it.

And, again, now that she's got

a little bit more space in here,

look at all this space she has in this enclosure right here.

It's really kinda turned her on to really feeding more.

I think she's gonna grow a lot over the next six months.

Rabbit number two for my girl Lucy!

Hey girl!

Here you go, sweetheart, want another rabbit?

I'm gonna have to in here and get her!

Ah, there you go, sweetheart.

(laughs)

And the thing is, the second time around,

she's always much less aggressive, right?

She's just kinda more like lunge, barely take it away.

That's why my foot is literally

inches away from her face and I'm not worried about it.

After that first rabbit, it's kinda like,

"Okay, I've been fed, now I can take it."

And these are kinda small rabbits,

so, I'm probably gonna give Lucy three rabbits today.

Let's go ahead and see if Pickles wants to eat.

Definitely-whoa!

Yep, I'd say she wants to eat!

Here you go, girl, here you go.

Oh, gosh.

I've never seen her so energetic in my life!

Hey, by the way, guys, while I'm doing this feeding,

do me a favor, go down in the comments

tell me, do you keep reptiles?

If you do keep reptiles, tell me which kind you keep,

and also, if you keep snakes,

what's your favorite feeding story?

Or, for that matter, what's your favorite bite story?

Right? Because we have been talking about bites.

But Pickles, here, I wouldn't wanna

get bit by her, that's for sure.

She was ready to eat today.

(techno music playing)

My gosh, take a look.

Remember earlier, I said Nova was courting?

Well, he's actually trying to breed right now.

He's actually right on top of Lilith.

How absolutely amazing.

Since I've had Ivy here, she's been feeding like crazy,

but this is the first time I'm gonna

offer her a second rabbit.

I gotta be honest with you guys, these have a crazy strike.

They're not like a normal python or something like that.

This is an animal I don't wanna get bit by,

because I've been bit by bigger anacondas,

it's really a tough bite.

So I'm gonna do the best I can do,

to get her to eat without me getting bit.

There it goes.

Again, you can just see the strength of that strike.